ROOTSTOWN, Ohio – A 53-year-old man was struck and killed by a train here early Wednesday morning, the Portage County Coroner's Office said.

Tim Freeland frequently walked the tracks near Lynn Road to get to work, Tom Decker, the coroner's chief investigator said.

The Amtrak train conductor saw Freeland on the railway about 6:30 a.m. and blew the horn several times. Freeland didn't move, possibly because he thought the train was coming from the other direction, Decker said.

An autopsy will be performed Wednesday at the Summit County Medical Examiner's Office.

Officials held train passengers en route to Washington, D.C., at the scene for about three hours, Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari said.

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